 Capricornia (2002) [ larger cover art ] |
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All the screens are filled with heroes and losers
but the sky's still filled with stars
this junky palace might be on fire
til the winners lose desire
let it go let it go.
So tell me what you see
tell me what you hear
if it's the same as me it's the golden age.
Big brother tries to stitch and bend
but channel surfers find new friends
see freedom's silhouette increase
its time to claim that sweet release
let it go let it go.
I can see a purple patch of jacaranda
framed in eucalypt from this wooden floored verandah
heading past the watermark
heading for the hills
heading for the edge of time
heading for the thrills of the golden age.
Now tell me what you see
and tell me what you hear
if it's the same as me it's the golden age.
Now everybody's talking about the golden age.
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 18:04  I feel like being at Romeotuma's infamous hotel room right now! |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 01:11 Right I'm off to the bevan eleven to rev me torana and shout OILS at passing strangers. Not that being loved by torana driving no sleeved tosspots means it is any less than a great song. |
| Euskadita | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 11:30 Byronape wrote: Herpes is catchy too, that does not mean it's a good thing. |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 16:42 Ok, I'm no Graphic Arts wonk, but I really question the artistic vision of this album cover. It's like a bunch of people were sitting around a room and passing a dube around the size of a cuban. Graphic Artist 1:"So, whatta we gonna put on the cover?" GA2: "It needs to be brown." GA3: "No, not brown, orange." GA4: "How about we mix the two colors. It will then look like poop. Poop is funny." GA1: "Ya know what makes a lot of poop? Cows." GA3: "Yep, they do. Let's put a cow on the cover." GA2: "But that would take up too much space." GA4: "We can just put a disembodied head of a cow on the cover. That would work and wouldn't look silly at all." All: "That's fugging genius!" |
| FooledAgain (43°40'N 79°20'W) | Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 10:02 Byronape wrote: Herpes is catchy too, that does not mean it's a good thing. It's NOT?!?! Aw, jeez.... |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 16:19 Great tune! |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Nov 12, 2011 - 23:26 Baby_M wrote: I'm not particularly a fan, but I gotta give 'em credit, they could write some catchy stuff. Herpes is catchy too, that does not mean it's a good thing. |
| jcioban (Between NYC and Boston) | Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 14:03 Classic. 'nuff said. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 10, 2011 - 22:00 I'll dance to this... |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 13:14 socalhol wrote: Or Bowie's "Golden Years"? Beatles' Golden Slumbers? |
| RipperP | Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 07:16 Excellent guitar licks—digs immediately into the head. |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 11:08 manzanitafire wrote: Next up, Beck's Golden Age, por favor! Or Bowie's "Golden Years"? |
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 12:12 This is very solid. Love it. Midnight Oil sounds a bit like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on this tune...  |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 12:12 yes |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 21:33 peter_james_bond wrote: The golden age of what? Radio Paradise |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 10:10 A little too much screamin' for me. |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 10:08 I'm not particularly a fan, but I gotta give 'em credit, they could write some catchy stuff. |
| scrubbrush | Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 15:27 blah |
| frank_eindhoven | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 05:56 peter_james_bond wrote: The golden age of what? defenitely not about this band..... |
| zipper | Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 14:49 ehnoyyyeeeng. |
| peter_james_bond (The Burg) | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 05:57 The golden age of what? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 20:43 This song is soooo good for the ears... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 19:46 Yeah, this song is cool... love it... |
| kaubey (Hoozdo) | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 09:53 MojoJojo wrote: Mooooo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQDavhcU4uI |
| Felix_The_Cat (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 09:51 It's Capricornia, should be a goat instead of a cow dont' cha think? Should I stop making sense? |
| bugleboy624 (WV - Dreaming of the Ocean) | Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 11:57 loves me some Midnight Oil!! |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 09:39 jagdriver wrote: Two tracks by Midnight Oil in one day???????????????????? Damn, sorry I missed that!   |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 12:59 jagdriver wrote: Two tracks by Midnight Oil in one day???????????????????? Oh my God. I want a refund. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 17:11 jagdriver wrote: Two tracks by Midnight Oil in one day???????????????????? Yes, this is a rare occurrence, but like a total eclipse of the sun, it can be predicted by watching for these signs: When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 17:13 Two tracks by Midnight Oil in one day???????????????????? |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 17:11 Mooooo! |
| demfrosch | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 14:48 not bad for a member of the cabinet.... |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: Feb 21, 2009 - 04:17 Aussies Rock!!!....such an awesome country and awesome people, can't wait to get Down Under again! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 18:20
in this song, the style to play guitar, voices, as well as the structure of the song, very remember the way to make songs of the years 60' s; Good job! - |
| freddyfender (Colorado Springs....deep inside the belly of the Evangelical beast) | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 18:17 |
| mefrombrazil (ponta grossa, brazil) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 17:15 no, no. the midnight oil' golden age are the 80's. |
| manzanitafire | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 17:15 Next up, Beck's Golden Age, por favor! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 16:52 lionirons wrote: Shoulda been an instrumental. Fine guitar work but nasal & annoying vocals. Funny, I have always found the singer's vocals somewhat annoying, but the infectious cheerfulness seems to grow on me. I really like this piece, vocals and all. The album cover needed work, though! |
| SchrodingersCat | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 13:20 How 'bout some Diesel and Dust? |
| jcioban (Between NYC and Boston) | Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 09:29 This is just great music from a great group of people...let alone musicians. Had to stop what I was doing to say that. |
| bugleboy624 (Bluefield, WV) | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 12:30 It's a shame they are no longer around. This was one of my fave groups. |
| Oregon_Steve (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: Apr 11, 2008 - 10:42 I absolutely LOVE this song and the Capricornia album it comes from! What a swan song for one of the best bands of our time.  |
| teapot (in orbit) | Posted: Feb 08, 2008 - 12:09 DEfinitely one of the most committed bands I've seen--both performance-wise and politically. Saw them tour this album in SF, and I pretty much knew it would be the last time I'd see them due to Peter Garrett making noises about stopping. Great show, as good as any of the previous ones I'd seen them at. Amazing where Garrett is now. Hopefully, he can make some real change in office. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Feb 08, 2008 - 12:09 Denaan wrote: Back in the early 1990s when we were fighting to save the ancient forests of Clayoquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Midnight Oil gave a free concert. They performed on a logging road where we'd been blockading to prevent logging trucks and crews from accessing the area being clearcut. Thousands of people showed up for the concert and shut down logging for the day simply by standing in the road.
I wish I'd been on that kayaking trip!Unfortunately, I had to miss the concert, but I got to witness a thousand people standing in the same spot later that summer (1993), with over two hundred arrested for blocking the road. And I got to join a dozen friends for a ten-day sea kayaking trip around Clayoquot Sound, which was one of the greatest outdoor adventures of my life. I still kick myself for missing that concert, though... |
| Brestois (Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Feb 08, 2008 - 12:07 The Oils! YeeeeeAh! |
| Denaan (Oakland, CA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 15:06 Back in the early 1990s when we were fighting to save the ancient forests of Clayoquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Midnight Oil gave a free concert. They performed on a logging road where we'd been blockading to prevent logging trucks and crews from accessing the area being clearcut. Thousands of people showed up for the concert and shut down logging for the day simply by standing in the road. Unfortunately, I had to miss the concert, but I got to witness a thousand people standing in the same spot later that summer (1993), with over two hundred arrested for blocking the road. And I got to join a dozen friends for a ten-day sea kayaking trip around Clayoquot Sound, which was one of the greatest outdoor adventures of my life. I still kick myself for missing that concert, though... |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 14:48 rockasaurus wrote: Hands down one of the best live acts I've ever seen. They tore it up. Seconded. I saw them twice. I was exhausted at the end, and I was only watching! |
| valerama (Denver, CO) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 09:25 teoni wrote: Yeppers, tasty jangly guitar. Thank you for playing a more obscure cut of theirs.
"Obscure"??? This is like one of their top 5 hits. Never the less, a good tune. |
| teoni | Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 23:26 Yeppers, tasty jangly guitar. Thank you for playing a more obscure cut of theirs. |
| ChardRemains (Pepperland) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 11:01 fretman wrote: ... on the Eighth Day, He created Rickenbacker 12-strings.
Too right brutha, but it sounds like a 6 to me. definitely a Ric tho. Not too shabby, and not too derivative, considering there's a paucity of 12-string slingers out there owing to the Beatles, Byrds, Tom Petty, the Las, etc. |